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109 Mr. I can't answer that in the abstract. I just can't. It depends upon too many unique circumstances to a case.

Mr. Who is Christopher Steele?

Mr. My understanding is that Christopher Steele is a former intelligence officer of an allied nation who prepared a series of reports in the summer of 2016 that have become known as the Steele dossier.

Mr. How long did he have a relationship with the FBI?

Mr. I don't know.

Mr. Did you ever meet him?

Mr. No.

Mr. Never met him, never talked to him?

Mr. Sorry.

Okay. No, I never met him, never spoken to the man.

Mr. When did you learn he was working for Fusion GPS?

Mr. I don't know that I ever knew that -- certainly while I worked at the FBI. I think I've read that in open source, but I didn't know that while I was FBI.

Mr. Who did you think he was working for?

Mr. I thought he was retained as part of a Republican-financed effort -- retained by Republicans adverse to Mr. Trump during the primary season, and then his work was underwritten after that by Democrats opposed to Mr. Trump during